Politifact.com: Statements from Progress Ohio http://www.politifact.com/personalities/progressohio/Statements from Progress Ohio reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:00 -0400 Progress Ohio :
&quot;It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2013/apr/02/progressohio/progressohio-says-ohio-lacks-law-prohibiting-emplo/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | ProgressOhio says Ohio lacks a law prohibiting employment and housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
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<p> The U.S. Supreme Court put the focus on same-sex marriage when it heard cases challenging California&#39;s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, but attention elsewhere fell on a wider range of rights issues. The liberal advocacy group ProgressOhio Education used the opportunity to send out a fundraising email highlighting its work &quot;for the rights of all Ohioans&quot; beyond marriage. &quot;Did you know,&quot; the email asked, &quot;it is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2013/apr/02/progressohio/progressohio-says-ohio-lacks-law-prohibiting-emplo/">>> More</a>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2013/apr/02/progressohio/progressohio-says-ohio-lacks-law-prohibiting-emplo/ Progress Ohio :
&quot;In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutor&rsquo;s) office before he got there.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2010/jul/29/progressohio/liberal-group-progressohio-near-mark-attack-ohio-a/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | ProgressOhio near the mark on spending increases by Ohio auditor candidate Dave Yost
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<p> David Pepper, the Democratic candidate for state auditor, has consistently characterized his Republican opponent Dave Yost as an out-of-control spender whose budget skyrocketed in his eight years as a county prosecutor. Pepper says Yost, the Delaware County prosecutor and a Republican with some Tea Party support, increased his office&rsquo;s spending by 150 percent. The claim also was made by the liberal group ProgressOhio in an online video posted in March. &quot;In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the office before he got there,&quot; according to the ProgressOhio ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2010/jul/29/progressohio/liberal-group-progressohio-near-mark-attack-ohio-a/">>> More</a>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2010/jul/29/progressohio/liberal-group-progressohio-near-mark-attack-ohio-a/